Bridging the Gap

Shai Feldman is senior research fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.Abdullah Toukan is science advisor to King Hussein of Jordan.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Background for PeaceChapter 3 Israel's National Security: Perceptions and PoliciesChapter 4 Arab National Security Issues: Perceptions and PoliciesChapter 5 Bridging the Gap: Resolving the Security Dilemma in the Middle EastChapter 6 Appendix A: Appendix B: AbbreviationsChapter 7 GlossaryChapter 8 Index

This book is of critical historical importance. Feldman and Toukan have raised Arab-Israeli mutual exploration to a new and exceptionally sensitive level. They have demonstrated thoughtfully and brilliantly that a new era of Mideast analysis has begun . . . must reading for policymakers and students of the area alike. This is a wise, stimulating, and incisive volume . . . should be thoroughly discussed in future regional security talks.